Crime | Sonia Sotomayor Sotomayor Breaks Ankle in New York Has been 'treated and released': White House By Matt Cantor Posted Jun 8, 2009 12:52 PM CDT Copied Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor meets with Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., in his hideaway office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Sonia Sotomayor broke her ankle this morning hurrying through New York’s LaGuardia airport, the Washington Post reports. The Supreme Court nominee was X-rayed at a Washington hospital after her flight and found to have a small fracture; she’s now on crutches. “She has been treated and released, and is looking forward to keeping her full schedule of meetings on Capitol Hill this afternoon,” said a White House spokesman. Read These Next Beyonce leaves national anthem unfinished. Musk says his new party is in business. The death toll in the Texas floods has risen to 27, including 9 kids. A space capsule carrying ashes of 160 people crashed in the ocean. Report an error